Baseball

Golden Eagles and Govs face off at Tech

May 06, 2010

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Rainy weather won’t be an issue
this weekend as the Golden Eagles take on the Austin Peay Governors
on graduation weekend for their second to last Ohio Valley
Conference match-up at Bush Stadium.

Tech has been perfect so far at home against OVC opponents (5-0)
and will look to improve their home stats to 8-0 after this series.

This weekend’s series will definitely test both
teams’ dedication and training on non-game days. By the time
the series commences the Golden Eagles will have gone 10 days
between games, as last weekend’s series at Eastern Kentucky
was rained out.

On the same token, rainy conditions have been problematic for
the Governors – they have been practicing on their football
field for the past week due to the post-rain condition of their
baseball facilities. APSU will be traveling to Cookeville on Friday
to practice on Tech turf. It will be their first practice on a
diamond this week.

The Governors (4-8 OVC) are 1-5 this season when visiting
conference opponents, but notoriously do well against the Golden
Eagles and maintain a 76-68 lead on the lifetime series record.

The two rivals met last April and split a pair of games in
Clarksville. The Governors took a 6-2 win with the help of this
Saturday’s starting right-hander for game one, senior Ricky
Marshall. Marshall (6-4) currently has the lowest ERA for the
Governors at 4.34.

Tech came back the following day to grab the second game, 4-3.
Golden Eagle batters took on Ryne Harper who was credited with the
loss, having given up four runs on three hits and four errors in 4
1/3 innings. Harper (4-2/5.23 ERA) will pitch the second half of
Saturday’s doubleheader.

APSU will finish out the series with senior southpaw Stephen
Huff (1-1) on Sunday. Tech's starting rotation on the weekend
has been Adam Liberatore, Lee Henry and Tristan Archer.